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Chicago Cop Only Gets 60 Days In Jail For Sexually Assaulting Coworker's 9-Year-Old
WinningDemocrats.com - Thu Apr 7, 2016
A long-serving Chicago police officer has been cleared of felony sexual assault charges that resulted from the molestation of a fellow law enforcement officer's 9-year-old daughter because the judge said he couldn't be certain that he kissed and fondled the girl for his own sexual arousal. More»

Diabetes Spreads As The Treatment For It Gets Pricier
Think Progress - Wed Apr 6, 2016
The price of the most effective drug used to treat diabetes is skyrocketing - even as the potentially life-threatening disease is becoming increasingly common among impoverished people. More»

Mississippi governor signs law allowing businesses to refuse service to gay people
Washington Post - Mon Apr 4, 2016
Mississippi's governor on Tuesday signed into law a bill that allows businesses to refuse services to gay couples based on religious objections, ignoring opposition from businesses who had worried the legislation could cost the state economic opportunities in the future. More»

Nevada Prisoner Forced To Smash His Own Teeth Out
Think Progress - Fri Apr 1, 2016
A Nevada inmate languished in solitary confinement for eight months while prison staff ignored pleas for medical help. More»

Costly prison fees are putting inmates deep in debt
CNN - Fri Apr 1, 2016
Jeremy Barrett remembers very little of the assault that would change his life. More»

Bible-thumping Alabama governor expelled from church after racy phone calls go public
Raw Story - Mon Mar 28, 2016
The Republican governor of Alabama is no longer a member of his church, where he was once a deacon, after admitting to inappropriate sexual conversations with a top staffer. More»

Veteran Dies After Setting Himself On Fire Outside VA Health Clinic
Think Progress - Fri Mar 25, 2016
A New Jersey veteran has died after setting himself on fire in front of a state Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. More»

Days after promising riots Donald Trump vows: 'We're going to win with our Second Amendment'
Raw Story - Sat Mar 19, 2016
Donald Trump, who has recently predicted riots at the GOP convention in Ohio this summer if he is denied the nomination, issued what could be interpreted as a threat at an Arizona rally on Saturday. More»

Last Night, Donald Trump Disqualified Himself
William Astore: Writer, Professor, Retired Lt. Colonel, Air Force - Sat Mar 5, 2016
As a retired military officer, I watched last night's Republican debate from Detroit. More»

Trump Jr. offers to pay for blacks to leave US when President Trump is elected
Raw Story - Sun Feb 28, 2016
Don Trump Jr said he would happily pay for some of his father's black critics to leave the United States. More»

IRS hack keeps getting worse, more taxpayers affected
WSB-TV - Sat Feb 27, 2016
The Internal Revenue Service revealed hackers gained access to personal information for more than 700,000 individuals, more than twice as many as previously thought. More»

Woman dies of thirst after she was dragged out of SC hospital to jail over unpaid court fines
Raw Story - Wed Feb 24, 2016
A South Carolina woman died 27 hours after she was hauled out of a hospital and taken to jail over unpaid court fines - and her family said she was denied water and medical care. More»

Indian Point plant leak sparks concern over 'Chernobyl on the Hudson'
RT - Mon Feb 15, 2016
News of the tritium water leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant has rekindled concerns about the 40-year-old plant among the local residents, public health experts and environmentalists. More»

'65,000% radioactivity spike': New York Gov. orders probe into water leak at Indian Point
RT - Sat Feb 6, 2016
In an "unacceptable" groundwater leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, three monitoring wells were discovered to contain "alarming levels of radioactivity," the Governor of New York said, ordering an immediate environmental probe into the issue. More»

'I needed a BJ': Kentucky mayor admits favors-for-sex scheme - but charges are dismissed anyway
Raw Story - Wed Feb 3, 2016
Evidence uncovered this week showed that Kentucky prosecutors dismissed charges against Shepherdsville Mayor Scott Ellis even though he had admitted helping a parolee in exchange for sexual favors. More»

Trump says 'torture works,' backs waterboarding and 'much worse'
Washington Post - Mon Feb 1, 2016
BLUFFTON, South Carolina - Donald Trump went even further in his support of waterboarding and other barred interrogation techniques Wednesday, saying that as president he would use torture in the fight against terrorism. More»

Michigan Silently Gave Clean Water To State Employees For Months Before Flint Crisis Broke
Addicting Info - Thu Jan 28, 2016
Starting an entire year ago in January of 2015 - long before the Flint water crisis broke into mainstream public awareness - the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget determined that state employees needed an alternate source of clean drinking water. More»

Ammon Bundy and 7 others arrested, 1 dead in Oregon standoff
Chicago Tribune - Tue Jan 26, 2016
The FBI and Oregon State Police arrested the leaders of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge for the past three weeks during a traffic stop that prompted gunfire - and one death - along a highway through the frozen high country. More»

It's not just Flint that's poisoned
Yahoo! - Sat Jan 23, 2016
The ill effects of lead have blighted neighborhoods across the country - Experts hope today's outrage will expose a national crisis. More»

Mysterious cattle mutilations investigated in northeast Georgia
Associated Press - Fri Jan 15, 2016
BRASELTON, Ga - Authorities in northeast Georgia have a mystery on their hands after cows were found mutilated, with neatly-cut circles sliced into their rear ends. More»

Virginia GOP bill would require schools to verify childrens' genitals before using restroom
Raw Story - Tue Jan 12, 2016
A bill filed by a Virginia lawmaker this week would require schools to be certain that children are using the restroom corresponding to their "correct anatomical sex". More»

Govt. Scientists Admit They Deceived the Public About Fracking's Impact on Drinking Water
AlterNet - Tue Jan 12, 2016
Five years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was commissioned by Congress to undertake a study on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water. More»

Georgia Deputy Acquitted After Flash Bang Grenade Critically Injures Toddler
NBC News - Sun Dec 13, 2015
A former Georgia deputy has been acquitted in federal court of lying to a judge in connection with a drug raid last year that left a toddler critically injured. More»

Expert Says Ohio's Vote Against Pot Legalization Was 'Statistically Impossible'
AlterNet - Sun Nov 22, 2015
The "stolen election" controversy over this month's officially defeated Ohio pot legalization referendum has gone to a new level: the conclusion that the vote was stolen is almost inescapable. More»

Arkansas judge accused of coercing young men into sex in exchange for lighter sentences
Raw Story - Mon Nov 16, 2015
An Arkansas judge was accused of targeting "young Caucasian male litigants" and using his position to offer them lighter sentences in exchange for sex, the Arkansas Times reported. More»

Massive Blue UFO Over Los Angeles
Mother Jones - Fri Nov 6, 2015
Is it aliens? This evening, numerous Angelenos have posted photos and videos of a mysterious object burning across the night sky. More»

Historic: Bernie Sanders Becomes First Candidate To Endorse Full Pot Legalization
Occupy Democrats - Wed Oct 28, 2015
A Gallup Poll taken last week found that nearly 60% of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana (also referred to as "pot" or "weed"), consistent with previous findings over the past couple of years. More»

Kansas Mathematician Uncovers Evidence of Systematic Voter Fraud
The Witchita Eagle - Sat Oct 24, 2015
A mathematician at Wichita State University who wanted to check the accuracy of some Kansas voting machines after finding odd patterns in election returns said she is finding out how difficult it can be to get government officials to turn over public documents. More»

Maryland cops arrest man and threaten his girlfriend over non-existent 'breast feeding violation'
Raw Story - Wed Oct 21, 2015
Charles County, MD - An infuriating video posted to Facebook this week shows the grim and infuriating reality of incompetent and power tripping cops in police state USA. More»

How Chicago Police 'Disappeared' 7,000 People in an Off-the-Books Interrogation Warehouse
The Guardian - Mon Oct 19, 2015
At least 3,500 Americans have been detained inside a Chicago police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility, newly uncovered records reveal. More»

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